The Gomez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 365,655 people carried this name — #51 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 807 people counted. That is up 39% from 263,590 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gomez surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gómez» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 576,716 people named Gomez live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,184 people named Gomez.
2,570 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 100 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
2,887 people named Gomez live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 200 people named Gomez live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Luxembourg Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
32 people named Gomez have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 167 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
337 people named Gomez are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gomez in American newspapers,
1899–1939.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 188,738 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gomez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Manuel Gomez 1859–1922 · clarinetist -
Thomas Gomez 1905–1971 · actor -
Lefty Gomez 1908–1989 · baseball player -
Alice Sportisse Gomez-Nadal 1909–1996 · politician -
Óscar Rendoll Gómez 1916– · association football coach
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gomez.
- Gomar 321 · U.S. census
- Gomas 124 · U.S. census
- Gombert 406 · U.S. census
- Gomel 167 · U.S. census
- Gomer 1,293 · U.S. census
- Gomes 24,827 · U.S. census
- Gomila 135 · U.S. census
- Gomis 160 · U.S. census
- Gon 418 · U.S. census
- Goncalves 8,000 · U.S. census
- Gonce 865 · U.S. census
- Gonda 1,086 · U.S. census
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